Do you think an European Citizens’ Initiative to ban Twitter in the EU would be beneficial and have a possibility of being successful?
I’m sorry if this is not a good community for this question. If not please point me to one.
X does not and will not comply with EU rules, and thus needs to be banned until they change (which is never).
Fuck Twitter but not sure a ban would be a good thing
Banning fascists instead of accomodating them is absolutely the right thing to do. It’s accommodating them that got us into this mess.
Yes. Freedom of speech? There is no true freedom of speech there so limiting X is not a violation of it
A tiktok ban style law would go against freedom of speech. Better to let the EC and the courts ban Twitter based on the existing, sensible DSA law.
will they do it though?
There are still some ways to use banned apps and programmes. Besides it takes away opportunity of making your own decisions and creates the atmosphere of censorship.
In my opinion, the advantages of these platforms will far outweigh the disadvantages - provided that the abuse of power can be curbed (opaque algorithms that present fringe positions to a large audience, censorship by the owner, etc.). Regulatory measures are needed for all actors: rules for algorithm transparency, audits. If disclosure or audit fails, platforms can continue to be accessible but must shut down algorithms.
These platforms are literally the reason why the US has a fascist as president.
I’m not a believer in any form of censorship. That’s not how you fight against shit ideas or products.
Also, what would be next? Ban people not voting for the right candidate and then, those wearing socks the wrong color? According to who? That’s a dangerously slippery slope…
I’m sorry if this is not a good community for this question. If not please point me to one.
‘Buy from EU’ as I see it is not ‘force people to buy from EU’ it’s more about ‘encourage people by showing them EU alternatives as honestly as possible’ (they’re not perfect, nor are they always as feature-rich as the US alternatives) ;)
The slippery slope argument is such bullshit. The reason the Nazis got to power is because of the slippery slope argument. The reason Mussolini got into power is because of the slippery slope argument. Fascism should not be acceptable. End of story.
Learn history.
Learn history.
Repeating crap you’ve heard here or there has little to do with learning history, or learning anything for that matter but I’ve little hope this will change any time soon.
Thanks nonetheless for that wise suggestion, we should all agree upon studying history (a lot more interesting than simply learning it, mind you).
The slippery slope argument is such bullshit. The reason the Nazis got to power is because of the slippery slope argument. The reason Mussolini got into power is because of the slippery slope argument. Fascism should not be acceptable. End of story.
Also, thx for such an articulated comment that excellently demonstrates as much practice as desire to discuss our diverging view points. Unless, could it be I only have a (apparently terribly wrong) personal opinion on a question upon which you speak the truth? In which case, what was that you were saying? Oh, yeah: ‘end of story’.
Edit: small corrections
hear hear
